tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post4173229607428212957..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Liberal Democrat James Harrison is next year's Glasgow Uni SRC PresidentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-40934804424160448902012-03-11T20:38:47.989+00:002012-03-11T20:38:47.989+00:00He stood with opposition to cuts & fees, which...He stood with opposition to cuts & fees, which makes him the antithesis of a Liberal Democrat candidate.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-9594319748319909192012-03-09T09:18:11.746+00:002012-03-09T09:18:11.746+00:00I'm not sure he stood as a Liberal Democrat, a...I'm not sure he stood as a Liberal Democrat, although his affiliation is well known.<br /><br />It's the quality of the person, not the party affiliation or otherwise that's important. And James is top quality and will be a fabulous president.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-78820104467983361682012-03-09T09:01:13.265+00:002012-03-09T09:01:13.265+00:00It's reasonable that student officers have pol...It's reasonable that student officers <em>have</em> political preferences.<br /><br />However, to stand on a party ticket is utterly iniquitous, and shows more interest in party wonkery and climbing the greasy hierarchy into full time politics without ever gaining actual life experience to draw on.<br /><br />If you want the perfect example: Jim Murphy.<br /><br />When he was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Murphy#National_Union_of_Students" rel="nofollow">NUS Scotland president</a>, and demonstrated himself a sheep to whatever orders came from Labour High Command, no student outwith the Labour group trusted him any further than they could throw him, and he's not had the opportunity to learn any better since.<br /><br />See, it's not as if he's going to seek re-election, so like Jim, he can pretty much do what he likes and is far more likely to be beholden to the interests of the party group that got him elected.<br /><br />Far better to have an independently minded person, likely to stand up for the interests of the electorate.<br /><br />This isn't to cast aspersions on James — who I don't know — but to highlight the risks of putting party politics into Student representation.martinbhttp://polemic.easyweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-82756840871900895612012-03-08T21:46:55.493+00:002012-03-08T21:46:55.493+00:00Was he running explicitly as a Liberal Democrat?Was he running explicitly as a Liberal Democrat?Jamesnoreply@blogger.com